China Plans $2B Investment In Syria
July 12th, 2017
Via the Times of Central Asia, a report on China’s $2 billion investment plan for Syria: China plans to invest $2 billion in the creation of an industrial park in Syria that will initially bring together 150 Chinese companies, Qin Yong, the deputy chairman of the China-Arab Exchange Association, announced on July 9 during the first […]
Read more »Afghanistan – Turkmenistan Tango: Diversifying Transit Routes
July 11th, 2017
Via Ariana News, a report on Afghanistan’s efforts to diversify transit corridors with its bordering neighbors: Afghanistan is in the process of limiting Pakistan’s veto options on transportation of goods and looking at other routes being a landlocked country. Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani visited Turkmenistan on July 3 upon invitation by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. Oguzkhan […]
Read more »Harvard Kennedy School CID Projects Pakistan GDP Growth to Average 5.97% Till 2025
July 9th, 2017
Via , an interesting look at Pakistan’s economic growth trajectory: In its latest economic growth projections, Kennedy School’s Center for International Development (CID) at Harvard University expects Pakistan’s annual GDP growth to average 5.97% over the next 8 years, ranking it as the world’s 6th fastest growing economy. Growth Projections. Source: HKS CID Report The […]
Read more »Entrepreneurs in North Korea? Not As Rare As One Might Think
July 6th, 2017
Via the Asia Times, a report that more business projects are starting in North Korea: While the eyes of the world are on North Korea’s development of an intercontinental ballistic missile, observers say innovation of another kind is occurring in the secretive socialist country. North Koreans are increasingly starting business projects and “essentially managing their own economic destiny,” […]
Read more »CPEC: Can Pakistan Afford China’s ‘Friendship’?
July 3rd, 2017
Via Foreign Policy, commentary on the impact of the Chinese-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC): In recent months, the Chinese-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has left Pakistanis emboldened, Indians angry, and U.S. analysts worried. Ostensibly, CPEC will connect Pakistan to China’s western Xinjiang province through the development of vast new transportation and energy infrastructure. The project is part of […]
Read more »The Blueprint for China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Cooperation
July 3rd, 2017
Via The Diplomat, an interesting look at some practical steps the three countries can take to boost trilateral cooperation: The demand for trilateral cooperation among China, Afghanistan, and Pakistan has increased more than ever in Afghanistan and China. In Pakistan, the demand for such trilateral cooperation looks good on paper, but in practice the state policy of “strategic […]
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